title: Ca2+ in the dense tubules: a model of platelet Ca2+ load.
abstract: In this work, we explored the relationship between the freely exchangeable Ca2+ (FECa2+) in the dense tubules (DT) and the sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum (SER) Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA) in circulating human platelets and examined the relationship between blood pressure (BP) and these platelet parameters. Studying platelets from 32 healthy men, we showed that the maximal reaction velocity (Vmax) of the SERCA significantly correlated with FECa2+ in the DT and with the protein expressions of SERCA 2 and 3. BP positively correlated with both the Vmax of the SERCA (r=.462, P=.010) and the FECa2+ sequestered in the DT (r=.492, P=.005). The relationships between these platelet Ca2+ parameters and BP were in part confounded by increased levels of serum triglycerides and diminished HDL cholesterol with a higher BP. No correlation was observed between the resting cytosolic Ca2+ and BP. Collectively, these findings indicate that (1) an increase in the cellular Ca2+ load in platelets is expressed by a higher activity of the SERCA and an increase in the expressions of SERCA 2 and 3 proteins, coupled with an increase in the FECa2+ in the DT, and (2) a higher BP is associated with an increase in platelet Ca2+ load in human beings, expressed by a rise in the FECa2+ in the DT and the upregulation of SERCA activity.
authors.affiliation: Hypertension Research Center and the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark 07103-2714, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Horiguchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lytton
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Skurnick
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nash
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Awad
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Poch
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aviv
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D002118:Calcium